Democracy Tea-Party Style: Gunning Down Immigrants And Other 'Democratic Experiments' Posted By : Dana Milbank
Here in Washington, the immigration debate is in stalemate. But in Kansas, there has been a breakthrough. This striking achievement came about this week during a meeting of the state House Appropriations Committee on efforts in Kansas to shoot feral swine from helicopters. Republican state Rep. Virgil Peck suddenly had an idea. "Looks like shooting these immigrating feral hogs works," he commented, according to a recording posted by the Lawrence Journal-World. "Maybe we have found a [solution] to our illegal immigration problem." Brilliant! Shooting immigrants from helicopter gunships! Why didn't they think of that in Congress? There are a few logistical problems with Peck's idea, including the fact that Kansas isn't a border state. But maybe Oklahoma and Texas will grant overflight rights for immigrant-hunting sorties. Peck, the Republican caucus chairman for the state House, later suggested his brainstorm was a joke, although he also defended himself...